Swimming: Another NZ competitor earns ticket to Athens

11.00am

Another New Zealand swimmer has qualified for the Olympic Games.

Bay of Plenty's Moss Burmester beat the qualifying standard in the men's 200 metres butterfly heats at the national championships in Auckland this morning.

Burmester clocked one minute 58.87 seconds, to sneak under the wire by less than two tenths of a second.

The Swimming New Zealand qualifying time was 1:59.04 while the Fina A time is 1:58.63.

- Newstalk ZB